Emax

I have seen this problem in Akai LCD displays before and the fix was to bend the metal tabs that held the board to the glass over more.  I haven't had my display out on the EMAX yet though but I assume it has the same rubber style connection that needs solid contact with the LCD.

--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Matt <somatt@...> wrote:
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> I am having a similar issue on a Proteus 2000. I was going to replace the
> display but I'll try this first.
> On Jan 28, 2012 9:39 AM, "Johnny Tomasello" <johnny@...> wrote:
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> > If I understand your problem, I had a similar one when I replaced the
> > backlight in my Emax I. I noticed that not all the letters were displaying
> > correctly, with missing segments. It seemed to me that the display needs to
> > be pushed very tightly against its support for the contacts to work
> > properly. So I put a small sliver of electrical tape, folded, on each side
> > to help the support push more snugly against the display. And that fixed he
> > problem. At first I was hesitant to add something like this, thinking it
> > should work fine the way it was. But while testing the display out of its
> > housing, I did find it needed to be fastened tightly to work correctly. And
> > I was very careful not to add too much pressure. Just enough...
> >
> > If anyone else has an opinion, I'd be interested to hear an alternate
> > solution.
> >
> > Good Luck,
> >
> > John.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Jan 28, 2012, at 11:48 AM, "freddy1771994" <freddy1771994@...>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > > I'm Freddy,17, from western Germany and a proud owner of an EMAX II
> > > (4mb, will upgrade it tommorow to 8 mb).
> > >
> > > Today I wanted to change my el-foil which was no big deal. Now it lits
> > > nicely bright again.
> > >
> > > I cannot explain why, BUT now the most letter of the field are not shown
> > > anymore (
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/75453658@N08/6776680311/in/photostream/lightbox/).
> >
> > > If I press my fingernail between the metal of the display and the glass,
> > suddenly mor, BUT not all letters appear (
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/75453658@N08/6776680645/in/photostream/lightbox/
> > ).
> > >
> > > I disassembled the EMAX now several time to get access to the display
> > but none of my attemps were succesful. I decided to interrupt that, due to
> > the fragility of electronic parts.
> > >
> > > PLEASE; What do think is the problem and what should I do solve it?
> > >
> > > Thank you very much in advance!
> > >
> > >
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